BB. Misconduct and Bad Behavior
"Children need love especially when they don't deserve it."
Harold Hulber
Allegations of Misconduct: How to Respond [ click here ] | Defending Yourself If Accused Of Hostility, Harassment, Discriminating [ click here ] |
i. Yours (or Allegedly Yours)
- NL 1: 21 Ways to Avoid Being Accused of Sexual Harassment
- NL 2: Ten Ways to Avoid Being Made a Corporate Scapegoat
- NL 3: Email at Work – Avoid These “Dozen Digital Disasters”
- QA 1: Terminated for Unpaid Parking Ticket – Is That Possible?
- QA 2: “Fired for Unknown Misconduct – Any Recourse?”
- QA 3: “Is there an agreed definition of ‘insubordination’?”
- QA 4: “Can I be fired for being ‘insubordinate’ when I am not even working?”
- QA 5: “Is stating that I would not stay in a building on fire grounds for termination?”
- QA 6: “Can having a business website ‘on the side’ be reason for termination?”
- QA 7: “Can I get fired for refusing to work on the weekends?”
- QA 8: “Must I give a tape recording to my boss?”
- QA 9: “What is ‘after-acquired cause’ for firing?”
- QA 10: “With no anti-texting policy, can I be fired for texting?”
- QA 11: “Laptop missing before I left my former job. Am I responsible?”
- QA 12: “Can taking time off without permission get you fired?”
- QA 13: “My husband was fired – falsely – for theft. Should he consult an attorney?”
ii. By Your Colleagues
- QA 1: “Can I fight my employer for enforcing a rule on me on the basis that others break the rules, too?”
- QA 2: “Is it ‘reverse discrimination’ if some people can use racist words, but some people can’t?”
- QA 3: “How can I prevent being blamed for misconduct by former colleagues?”
- QA 4: “I fear workplace violence; what should I do?”
iii. By Your Boss
- QA 1: “My former employer took money out of my bank account. Is that legal?”
- QA 2: Boss is lying on her time sheets. How do I report it?
- QA 3: “Is there ‘life’ beyond a horrible firing?”
- QA 4: “How should I tell Senior Management I don’t want to work for my new boss?”
- QA 5: “After reporting our boss for improper behavior, what can we do to prevent being retaliated against?”
- QA 6: “My former employer has literally destroyed me. What can I do?”
iv. Reporting or Complaining About
- NL 1: Seen Accounting Fraud? New and Powerful “Whistleblower” Protections for Employees
- NL 2: Filing a Complaint or Grievance at Work? Remember that “Specificity Yields Credibility”
- NL 3: I.R.S. Pays Employee $4.5 Million for Reporting Employer’s Tax Cheating: The Eight Things You Need to Know
- NL 4: “The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
– A Primer for Employees” - QA 1: “If I file a complaint against a colleague, can HR turn it around and blame me?”
- QA 2: “How should I report a sadistic manager / bully boss?”
- QA 3: “My HR Director gave a company ID to her husband, a sex offender. Your thoughts?”
Or Representation [ click here ] | Self-Help Materials [ click here ] |
